Shoe buckle



Oct. 26, 1965 4 L ALBINIANO 3,213,502

SHOE BUCKLE F11ed May 16 1963 NVENTOR LARRY LBINIANO a gripping plate pivotally mounted on said baSe plate, and 1Tleans for raising and lowering Said gripping plate to TeIeaSbly frictionally retain a Strap between Said upper plate and Said gripping plate, Said gripping plate comrising a Hat i lexible rectanguar plate having a pivot d)penin adjacent ts forvvard edge, Said base late having an integra1 hook prtion extending u wardly adjacent its forward edge, S id hook portion extending through Said ivot Opening, Said raising and Wering means comprising a manuany engageable bar extending transversely in the front of Said buckle, Said bar having integral side Walls extendin in S aced parallel relation to said vertica WaHS, and ivot members extending from Said side waus through openings in Said vertical Wa11s, Said pivot n1eInbers extending under Said gripping pate and having ec centric poftions adapted t0 n1ake contact With and raise said gripping plate on pivotal movement of said bar in one direction and to Telease Said gripping late on pivotal In0vement of said bar in the 0pp0site direction 2- A buckle comprismg a rectangulaf base plate, ver- !ical Walls extending integrally veftica11y from each side edge of Said baSe plate, the upper edges of said Walls haying integra1 portions extending inwardly toward each other to form an upper plate Spaced from Said base p'late, a gripping plate pivota1]y Jnounted on Said base plate, and means for raising and lowering Said gripping plate to Te 1easably frictionany Tetain a Strap )etWeen Said uppe plate and Said gripping plate, Sad gripping plate C0Tnprising a fiat exib1e Tectangulaf p1ate having a pivot opening adjacent its forward edge, Said base plate having an in tegral hook portion extending upwardly adjacent its forvva rd edge, Said hook portion extending through said pivot opening, Said Taising and 10Wering 1Tleans con1 rising a manually engageable bar extending transversely in the front of said buckle, Said :bar having integral Side wals extending il Spaced paalle felation t0 Said vel'tica1 vvalls, and pivot membefs extending fron1 Said Side walls through openings in said vertical Walls, Said pivot men1bers com- )riSing inWadly bent Wall portions extending under Sad gripping plate and moving edgewise -of Said gripping plate to contact and Taise the sanle vvhen Said bar is pivotally moved in one direction and extending at to release the Same when said baf is moved in tIle opposite direction.

0z 12/08 Beymel 24ZS8 l 004 248 9/ 11 Falstrom 24168 1,483,80Z 2/24 Ha rison 2491 2,240,460 4/41 01iver 2420 2,496,81 2/SO Presz1e1 24170 

1. A BUCKLE COMPRISING A RECTANGULAR BASE PLATE, VERTICAL WALLS EXTENDING INTEGRALLY VERTICAL FROM EACH SIDE EDGE OF SAID BASE PLATE, THE UPPER EDGE OF SAID WALLS HAVING INTEGRAL PORTIONS EXTENDING INWARDLY TOWARD EACH OTHER TO FORM AN UPPER PLATE SPACED FROM SAID BASE PLATE, A GRIPPING PLATE PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON SAID BASE PLATE, AND MEANS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING SAID GRIPPING PLATE TO RELEASABLY FRICTIONALLY RETAIN A STRAP BETWEEN SAID UPPER PLATE AND SAID GRIPPING PLATE, SAID GRIPPING PLATE COMPRISING A FLAT FLEXIBLE RECTANGULAR PLATE HAVING A PIVOT OPENING ADJACENT ITS FORWARD EDGE, SAID BASE PLATE HAVING AN INTEGRAL HOOK PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY ADJACENT ITS FORWARD EDGE, SAID HOOK PORTION EXTENDING THROUGH SAID PIVOT OPENING, SAID RAISING AND LOWERING MEANS COMPRISING A MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE BAR EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY IN THE FRONT OF SAID BUCKLE, SAID BAR HAVING INTEGRAL SIDE WALLS EXTENDING IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID VERTICAL WALLS, AND PIVOT MEMBERS EXTENDING FROM SAID SIDE WALLS THROUGH OPENINGS IN SAID VERTICAL WALLS, SAID PIVOT MEMBERS EXTENDING UNDER SAID GRIPPING PLATE AND HAVING ECCENTRIC PORTIONS ADAPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH AND RAISE SAID GRIPPING PLATE ON PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID BAR IN ONE DIRECTION AND TO RELEASE SAID GRIPPING PLATE ON PIVOTAL MOVEMENT OF SAID BAR IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. 